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2013 Abridged Edition. New pictures, new tips.

This abridged edition of Easy Photography introduces a minimalist approach to DSLR photography that allows the user to take full advantage of a camera's automatic functions, leaving minor tweaking to do to bring out that perfect exposure. The result is a picture that looks just as good as the one taken by an old pro – with less effort, after giving free rein to your creativity. The lessons you will learn from this book will apply just as well to the DSLR as to any other kind of camera, including the point-and-shoot.

As in his book "Easy Landscape," the author walks you through various settings accompanied by pictures that illustrate the basics of photography. His most self-satisfying advice is to "trust your camera" as it will get the job done without too much fussing - most of the time.

He cuts through the fog of confusing concepts in photography. For example, the counter-intuitive rule on aperture values: How do you wrap your brain around aperture values such as f/4 or f/10? The higher the aperture value, the smaller the lens opening and vice versa? Confusing.

If told to think of these values as fractions, reading f/4 as 1/4 and f/10 as 1/10, wouldn't you be able to understand the values better? Obviously, a 1/4th slice of a pizza is bigger than 1/10th. Therefore, an aperture value of f/4 is bigger than f/10.

To master the art of photography, one needs only to understand three values: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Nothing more.

The author preaches: "If the eye is the wonder of evolution, having sprung into being a perfect organ, the digital camera is technology's version of it. Like a bee, it might have a disproportionately large eye and be able to see farther and more colors than a human, but its brain is the size of a microchip, a pea. You may feel like a complete idiot holding your first SLR camera but you are a genius compared to the most advanced camera in the world."

Reading this book makes you feel good about your ability to learn the essentials of photography, reassured in the wisdom of your decision to buy not just any camera, but an SLR camera, self-confident, eager to shoot. It is almost inspirational.

Table of Updates:

October 2012: Metering: Center-weighted, Spot, Partial and Evaluative Metering; new pictures

(You can now get both Easy Photography and Easy Landscape for less in one easy package entitled Easy Photography [Expanded Edition]; and because the contents are double in size, you can see more sample pages in the Look Inside window. The abridged edition will continue to be published and updated).

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